AND REMARKS ON THE DRAFT "THESES
ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
OF COMMUNIST PARTIES, ON THE METHODS
AND CONTENT OF THEIR WORK"

## LETTER TO O. V. KUUSINEN
AND REMARKS ON THE DRAFT "THESES
ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
OF COMMUNIST PARTIES, ON THE METHODS
AND CONTENT OF THEIR WORK"

Source: PSS vol. 44

To Comrade Kuusinen. Urgent.
Address: With the Finnish communists
or at the Comintern. 10/VI.

Comrade Kuusinen!

I have read your article (3 chapters) and theses with great pleasure.

I am enclosing my remarks concerning the theses.

I advise you: immediately find a German comrade (a real German) who should correct the German text (of the article and theses). Perhaps this comrade could also read your article as a report at the III Congress on your instruction (it will be far more convenient for the German delegates to listen).

My advice: delete the end (of the theses).

Much more detail on propaganda and agitation—especially on the press, but also on oral propaganda.

In my opinion, you absolutely must take on the report at this Congress. I will write to Zinoviev about this today.

Best wishes!

Yours, Lenin

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V. I. LENIN

Theses (Thesis 6 or) § 6, 2nd paragraph, the last phrase should read:

"... inevitably inherits this tendency to a certain degree from... the environment..."

And the following phrase should read:

"... The Communist Party must overcome this tendency through systematic, persistent organizational work and through repeated improvements and corrections..."

(Thesis 7 or) § 7:

It is necessary to set forth more thoroughly that in the majority of legal parties of the West this is precisely lacking. There is no daily (revolutionary) work of each party member.

This is the fundamental evil.

To change this—therein lies the greatest difficulty.

And this is the most important thing.

§ 10.

Much more thoroughly.

More details.

Examples.

The role of the newspaper.

"Our" newspaper in comparison with the ordinary capitalist newspaper.

Work for "our" newspaper.

Example: Russian newspapers of 1912-1913.

Struggle against bourgeois newspapers. Exposure of their venality, their lies, etc.

Distribution of leaflets.

Agitation at home.

Sunday walks, etc.

Much, much more detail.

§ 11—likewise, much, much more detail.

§ 13. Presentation of reports and discussion of reports in "cells."

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